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The National Pain Strategy is driving improvements in pain management, but greater impetus is needed

One in five people are afflicted by chronic pain in Australia, with many experiencing severe disability.1,2 Such disability is strongly correlated with greater use of health resources and increasing reliance on disability support payments.3 Low back pain is now the number one cause of years lived with disability in Australia and globally.

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